- From: weston <weston@emit.netsign.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 15:49:10 -0700 (PDT)
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
Dear W3C Patent Policy Working Group, I am the director of a web application services company called netSIGN Communications Inc. in Vancouver, Canada. I'm concerned about the recent Patent Policy Framework draft, which could allow W3C members to charge royalty fees for technologies included in web standards. In particular, I object to the inclusion of a "reasonable and non-discriminatory" (RAND) licensing option in the proposed policy. I believe that the exclusive use of a "royalty-free" (RF) licensing model is in the best interests of the Internet community, and that RAND licensing would always necessarily exclude some would-be implementors. I applaud the W3C for its tradition of providing open-source reference implementations and its work to promote a wide variety of interoperable implementations of its open standards. The W3C can best continue its work of "leading the Web to its full potential" by continuing this tradition, and saying no to RAND licensing. Sincerely, Weston Triemstra Director, netSIGN Communications Inc. weston@netsign.com ........................................................................ n e t S I G N communications weston triemstra 303 railway street weston@netsign.com vancouver, bc v6a 1a4 canada 604.685.5095 ........................................................................
Received on Thursday, 11 October 2001 18:41:24 UTC